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40 votes against Obamacare? (Letter)

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Updated:
04/29/2014 09:20:21 PM EDT

With election campaigning already in full swing, I watched with interest a TV commercial from U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, in which he states that he has voted against Obamacare 40 times. For some strange reason, he seems proud of the fact. Forty times? Really? With so many other things need to be done?

OK, once more: Obamacare was passed by Congress, signed into law by the president and upheld by the Republican-controlled Supreme Court. It's the law of the land. Voting against it has no effect whatsoever and will not repeal it.

Now, I don't know how long a vote in the House of Representatives takes, but with 400-plus members, it can't be quick. So, how many hours — or days or weeks — has Rep. Shuster wasted in this ridiculous activity? Those hours or days are paid for by taxpayer dollars, but that doesn't seem to bother him.

It's a shame, really. Bill Shuster is no dummy; he could be doing good work to help solve our country's problems. We have serious problems in education, immigration, energy and others, where he could make a difference. Instead, he seems to prefer to fritter away his time — and taxpayer salary — on frivolous activities that will go nowhere.

Quite frankly, Rep. Shuster represents everything that is wrong in government today.